The concern that many of us have had with regard to Japan has come to light in recent weeks. I ask the question, does Japan really understand what is necessary in the new norm? Can they see the world around them? A world that is moving forward while Japan sits still and acts if as 1980 is going to come back.....?????
POLITICS
Does the new government get it? Do they understand what drives trust in their voters. Primeminister Hatoyama receives 13M dollars from his mother, claims he didn't know that she was giving it to him, but then agrees to pay the 6M dollars in tax. Hatoyama might have some money, but can you honestly say you knew nothing about 13M dollars from you mother? Come on. We are not stupid.
Ozawa claims he is innocent. Three of the people who worked for Ozawa have been arrested and charged. Ozawa is their leader, but insists he is innocent. Lets put this in terms of a company in Japan. The President claims he is innocent. Three of the people who worked for the President have been arrested and charged. The President is the leader of the company, but he insists he is innocent. Make sense? Wouldn't you see the President bowing prefusely to apologize for his staffs action? So, what is Ozawa doing? Think about it. Guilty secretary, guilty Ozawa. Get the dirt out of Japanese government. What will he lie about and brush under the covers next? Your pension? Your job? The next building he buys and the money he shifts around to disguise its purpose. Get the dirt out of Japanese government.
BUSINESS
JAL: Can you believe it. Everyone in favor of their own pension to the extent they bring down their own company. Are you proud to be a former JAL employee? Basically, Japan's former employees have ruined it for their current employees. Fantastic guys! What a company! You have really done Japan proud in the global community. Time to wake up!
TOYOTA: Having spent the last 12-months concentrating on how to bring down their costs after over capitalizing themselves in the US, Toyota forgot that the quality of what they produce is actually more important than their costs..... Shocked by their loss of profits, their internal focus shifted straight to internal issues..... they forgot their customers and how important their brand is. It was all about reducing the red as soon as possible in an economy when everyone was losing money. They had the reserves to get through without a problem, so it should have been about protecting their clients interests with a view to how to make profits in a better economy. But no, they went for creating black in a non-performing economy. Greed is the term that comes to mind. It wasn't good enough to make profit every year since they started. They wanted more every year, forever. Well, even the best have lesssons to learn, and Toyota now knows they are not invincible.
Ladies and gentleman, the above are examples of public and private decision making in Japan. Does it make you confident about the future of Japan?
We have entered a global era. Look at the above. Nothing within the above, public or private, suggests that focus has shifted from what is going on domestically to what is going on globally (Toyota is still viewing the current situation from Japan; the President of Toyota should be in the US right now feeling out just how much damage has been done to his brand........where is he? Reading the newspaper in Japan?). It is the global situation that is important, not the domestic situation. Get your head out of your arse Japan, what you are doing in the world is important, what you are doing domestically is irrelevant in the long run. Get with the global economy or lose big time quickly.....but is anyone listening.......
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